Strauss, Anastaplo, and Crosskey on "one hard nut to crack": the Declaration of Independence. From: Perspectives on Political Science | Date: September 22, 2007| Author: Sorenson, Leonard R. | COPYRIGHT 2007 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Abstract: Leo Strauss and William Crosskey inform George Anastaplo's constitutional studies as rooted in the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble. In this article, the author explores the influence of Anastaplo's mentors on the major themes of his work: human nature, liberty, and prudence. The author describes how Anastaplo attempts to combine the natural rights teaching of the Declaration with a broadly premodern Greek understanding of natural right through the application...